Stockbridge, Georgia, United States

🇺🇸 Stockbridge is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. Stockbridge is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

History The area was settled in 1829 when Concord Methodist Church was organized near present-day Old Stagecoach Road. It was granted a post office on April 5, 1847, named for a traveling professor, Levi Stockbridge, who passed through the area many times before the post office was built. He was said to be well known and respected in his namesake community. Others contend that the city was named after Thomas Stocks, who was State Surveyor and president of the Georgia State Senate in the 1820s.

In 1881, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad was to pass through Stockbridge between Macon and Atlanta. The settlers who owned the land about Old Stockbridge asked such a high price for their land that two prominent Atlanta citizens, John W. Grant and George W. Adair, bought a tract about a mile south of Old Stockbridge and offered lots at a reasonable price. Here the railroad built their depot and many lots were sold. The depot was located about 600 feet (180 m) north of what is now North Henry Blvd but was destroyed by the Southern Railway in the early 1980s.

Stockbridge was incorporated as a town in 1895 and as a city on August 6, 1920, turning 100 years old on August 6, 2020.

The Aaron and Margaret Parker Jr. House and Walden-Turner House in Stockbridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography Stockbridge is located in north-western Henry County. Its north-western border follows the Clayton County line. Some unincorporated areas in Rockdale County have a Stockbridge mailing address, without actually being a part of the City of Stockbridge.

U.S. Route 23 is the main road through the centre of the city, leading north-west 20 miles (32 km) to downtown Atlanta and south-east 9 miles (14 km) to McDonough, the Henry County seat. Interstate 75 passes through the south-west side of the city, with access from Exits 222, 224, and 228. I-75 leads north-west to Atlanta and south-east 64 miles (103 km) to Macon. Interstate 675 splits from I-75 in north-western Stockbridge and provides access to the city from its Exit 1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Stockbridge has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.8 km²), of which 13.3 square miles (34.5 km²) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²), or 0.97%, are water.

Transport • Xpress GA provides local bus service. • Berry Hill Airport is a private airport located east of town and has no scheduled air service.

Stockbridge is served by the following highways: • Interstate 75 • Interstate 675 • U.S. Highway 23 • Georgia State Route 42 • Georgia State Route 138 • Georgia State Route 401 • Georgia State Route 413.